24 Oct 12
Originally posted by MarinkatombMost people aren't aware of it, but there are international Hungry Hungry Hippos competitions with $50,000 going to the winner that take 2 weeks to complete and are played in 6-hour sessions every other day, governed by the Federation Internationale de Affame Affame Hippopotames [FIDAAH]. They give the GM [GrandMarbler] title to anyone who averages 25,000 marbles a session.
As for my opinion, I don't think you can define chess as a sport as it has the knock on effect of making all board games a sport. Is 'Hungry hungry hippos' a sport? What about Twister? Snakes and Ladders?? I don't think many people would consider any of these a sport, but they all share the same arguments 'for' as chess does...
I guess it really does share the same arguments 'for' as chess after all. 😛
25 Oct 12
Originally posted by SwissGambitFederation Internationale de Affame Affame Hippopotames
Most people aren't aware of it, but there are international Hungry Hungry Hippos competitions with $50,000 going to the winner that take 2 weeks to complete and are played in 6-hour sessions every other day, governed by the Federation Internationale de Affame Affame Hippopotames [FIDAAH]. They give the GM [GrandMarbler] title to anyone who averages 25,00 ...[text shortened]... es a session.
I guess it really does share the same arguments 'for' as chess after all. 😛
Genius! 😵
25 Oct 12
Kasparov and Karpov both won "Sportsman of the Year..."
Topolov is a Bulgarian sportsman of the year.
Gligorich was sportsman of the year in Yugoslavia.
Jaan Ehlvest was the Estonian Sportsman of the year, twice!
Levon Aronian is an Armenian sportsman of the year.
Alonso Zapata was the Colombian Sportsman of the Year.
There are possibly more.
In 2000 Anand was named Sportsman of the Millennium by India!
1972 and did the Americans vote Fischer as Sportsman of the Year? No.
That year it was a tie between Billie Jean King (Tennis) and John Wooden (Basketball).
I think Chess is a game, but I'll accept it being called a sport.
It is most likely the same thing.
I've ever really cared.
25 Oct 12
Originally posted by ChessPraxisArt can often be described as;
" too violent to be an art."
Explosive
Beautiful
Thought inspiring
For me, chess ticks all 3 boxes.
With regards to being a sport, well whoever said sport had to demand strictly physical attributes anyway? Sport is about mentality also, which is the key term with regards to chess, and so is classifiable as a sporting activity.
Who knows, maybe one day we will be able to watch the world chess championship matches on sky sports TV lol
